03-22-2016, 04:31 PM
"Ra says the cartouches roughly translate to "And you shall be born again to eternal life."
This too. A cartouche is "an oval or oblong enclosing a group of Egyptian hieroglyphs, typically representing the name and title of a monarch." Essentially, they are name plates. The Hierophant has many of these cartouches, signifying many names. The figure stands atop them. So one could also think of the image as saying that the Hierophant is the sum of many PAST lives. It is the current expression of a multitude of past lives and experiences. This is no naïve entity, but an experienced one.
This too. A cartouche is "an oval or oblong enclosing a group of Egyptian hieroglyphs, typically representing the name and title of a monarch." Essentially, they are name plates. The Hierophant has many of these cartouches, signifying many names. The figure stands atop them. So one could also think of the image as saying that the Hierophant is the sum of many PAST lives. It is the current expression of a multitude of past lives and experiences. This is no naïve entity, but an experienced one.